Our latest Climate Change in the American Mind politics report is now out!
Highlights...1/x
A large majority of Democrats think GW should be a high or very high priority for the president and Congress. Much lower support among Republicans.
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Most registered voters think developing sources of clean energy should be a high or very high priority. Extremely strong support among Democrats.
However, we see a sharp drop in support among Republicans compared to our last survey. We are currently investigating why.
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Good news is that there's still majority support for many climate-friendly energy policies among both Republicans and Democrats.
Strongest support for providing tax rebates for energy-efficient vehicles or solar panels.
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Further, there is broad support for a major investment in the nation's infrastructure. Although the current public discourse suggests that there are disagreements about what this should include.
Our latest Climate Change in the American Mind politics report is now out!
Some highlights... 1/x
A large majority of Democrats say GW should be a high or very high priority for the president and Congress. Far fewer (but a non-trivial %) Republicans say the same. 2/x
Compared to GW, a much larger proportion of people across the political spectrum say clean energy should be a high or very high priority for the president and Congress. 3/x
🚨New report: American Public Responses to COVID-19🚨
Quick THREAD on some highlights on our findings 1/x
By a HUGE margin, Americans prefer to stop the spread of the virus over stopping economic decline 2/x
Most Americans correctly identify true/false statements about COVID-19 (great!), but still an alarming proportion of Americans (22%) do not understand important facts, for example, that the virus can live on some surfaces for days. 3/x